Rush and Philosophy: Always Hopeful, Yet Discontent
   (Chicago: Open Court, 2010)

Edited by Jim Berti and Durrell Bowman; Proposed Structure, as of 9 November 2009:

Introduction - Jim Berti and Durrell Bowman

Part I: “The Blacksmith and the Artist”

  1. Rush’s Libertarianism Never “Fit the Plan” - Steven Horwitz, Ph.D.; St. Lawrence U.
  2. Hardly Rand-y Peart - Deena Weinstein, Ph.D.; DePaul U. and Michael A. Weinstein, Ph.D.; Purdue U.
  3. “What Can This Strange Device Be?”: Man and Machine in Rush - Timothy Smolko, M.L.S.; U. of Georgia
  4. Barenaked Death Metal Trip-Hopping on Industrial Strings - Durrell Bowman, Ph.D.; Kitchener, Ontario

Part II: “I Want to Look Around Me Now”

  1. Myth, Mystery, and Mist?: Secular Humanism and Mystical Language in Rush - Chris McDonald, Ph.D.; Cape Breton U.
  2. The Inner and Outer Worlds of Minds and Selves - Todd Suomelo, MLIS; Minnetonka, Minnesota
  3. Contre Nous: Musical Otherness in Rush - Nicole Biamonte, Ph.D.; U. of Iowa
  4. How is Rush Canadian? - Durrell Bowman, Ph.D.; Kitchener, Ontario

Part III: “To the Margin of Error”

  1. “Cruising in Prime Time”: The Drumming of Neil Peart as Distraction - Nicholas P. Greco, Ph.D.; Providence College and Seminary
  2. The Groove of Rush’s Complex Rhythms - John J. Sheinbaum, Ph.D.; U. of Denver
  3. ‘Nailed It!’: Virtuosity, YouTube Performance, and Rush’s Aesthetics of Replicability - John T. Reuland, Princeton U.
  4. From Plato’s Cave to Benjamin’s Language Forest: On Imitating Rush - Andrew Cole, Ph.D.; U. of Georgia

Part IV: “The Ebb and Flow of Tidal Fortune”

  1. Training Listeners to Think, Feel, and Act - Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D.; U. at Albany
  2. Ghost Riding on the Razor’s Edge: Neil Peart’s Search for Meaning through Tragedy - Jim Berti, North Colonie Schools, U. at Albany
  3. Honey on the Rim of “The Larger Bowl” - Melissa L. Beck, Woodstock Academy
  4. “Bearing a Gift Beyond Price”: Valuing the Music of Rush - Kayla Kreuger, M.A.; West Virginia U.